Shoe-display bracket



"Jiu-yz?, 1926; 1,593,954

A. E. J, RosENKRANz l l vSHOE `DISPLAY BRACKET Filed June 50, 19.25

Patented July' 27. 1926.y y

" "EDWARD J. laosENKn-anaionfjnnroiinsoiii, l

- vThis invention `relates to asbrack'et .for use in supportingshoesandotber for display purposes. y l

vOne object ofthe inventiony is vto 'pro-v videa bracket which may beengaged with a-shelf and extend beyond the front ofthe shelf so that-'ashoevln'ayfbe placed upon the eXtendedqend ofvthebracket `and sup-rA i'very goodgripping engagement with a 'shelf to which the bracket isapplied.V f y y This invention is'illustrated in thev accompanyingdrawing, wherein-fV Figure 1 1s Y a'perspective .view showingthebrac'ket appliedl toa shelf, a shoe supportedy by thefbracket beingindicated .by dotted lines;l Fig.. 2 is `a view yshowing the bracket inside elevation and the supportingfshelf in Fig. 3 isa topplanviewshowing a slightly mo'dified'forni of bracket.` i

The ybracket which *is shown yin Figs. ll

and 2is formed of'sheet metalwhich will y '7 preferably be resilient*The vblankfrom which the bracket is formedy is slit `froml its rear endto a point intermediate its length in order to vprovide atongue l`adapted to engage the upper face `of, the' shelf 2 and side tongues 3disposed' at yopposite"sidesof the 'tongue-l and adapted to engage: theunder face ofthelshelf 2. The tongues 3 are y i 'tonguel and then forcethe tongues 3 downbent downwardly, as shown at 4, to provide abutmentportions adapted to engage( the front edge of the shelf 2 land are`then,

bent rearwardly. Normally the tongues k3 extend rearwardlyfrom theportions 4 at an upward incline, as indicated by. dotted lines f in Fig.2, and itwill, therefore, be seen that, when the tonguesI 3 are inengagement with the under face ofthe shelf 2,9a firm gripping actionwill bey exertedl to cause the shelf to bel very tightly gripped betweenthe tongues y1 and 3. The bracket will, therefore, be -very firmlyy heldin en-` gagement with the shelf with its forwardv end portion 5extending outwardly from y l y v l shown in Figs. l andr 2 withthefupwardly the shelf. 'Y

footwear theinventio-n is to pro#` iiiesiie'what itisfdsifednt displayfie 'to' rest upon" the forward 'endffportion of the shelf'and '1t' ispreferred to havethe shoelldisvposed diagonally of they bracket andtilted so thatthe` shoe Ym'afybe,readily seen byfcustomf ers entering"the store-i i There has, therefore', been, provided a-slioe-'engagingand sup-, A

`porting tonguev '6 `which :is'-struc'k Vfrom ther forward p'ortiol'r 5.of'V .the bracket.' The tongue Gvext'ends diagonally of the bracket,

asfelearly shown in Figi 1,and is free fromv the vjbracket, except@ "itsrear end which y.is left attachedffto'ftheibody; ofthe bracket sc thatv'the tongue may be'b'ent upwardly to"` a substantially verticalposition. yThe ltongue isfwider at-its freeforward'end than at' `itsrear end and, therefore,y the tongue will;l have af wide" VupperendPporti'on Vupon whichj'theshoe*will 4be -supported.`V The restingupon the bracket 'at""the'f forward end 'thereof and .theV upper freeend of the having the tongue g formed," as shown, the

shoe will be "welll:supported'fand willfbe i prevented from havingltransverse tilting movement which' might cause vittO/be liabletoslipkout- `"":fproper engagement with the hen' the bracket is in use,the tongues" 3 are forced vdownwardly a sufficient distance tofpermitthem fto pass beneath'the shelfj 2whenf the 'free end of the'tongue `-1is in engagement 'with' the upper face of the shelf.' Sincethef'tong'ues3 terininatelin I spaced relation to thefree endv ofthe tonguel 1,' itwill f-be-l :very easy` to1 engage the upper face of the shelf with thefree end ofthe wardly asuiiicient distan'ce'for engagement with theunder'face `ofthe shelf. After the tongues l and 3 arein engagement'withthe shelf, pressure willbe applied to forcer 'them into good grippingengagementwith the shelf, as shown 1n Fig. 2,'1n which position theouter edge vofthe shelf will/engage the downwardy .extending portionsv4- of the tongues 3. The bracket will, therefore, 'be4 prevented fromhaving; transverse move- V ment when in place.

After .the bracket f is applied to the shelfpitis" simply necessary toplace the shoeupon thefe'xtendedouterv end portion of the bracket" inVKthe position extending tongue 6 engaging the shoe in front of the heeland supporting the shoe at the desired incline.

In Fig. 3 there has been shown a slightly modified form of bracket. Inthisform the sheet metal blank from which the bracket is formed has itsrear end portion slit longitudinally to provide tongues 7 and 8corresponding to the tongues l and 8. The outer end portion 9' of thebracket has been shown rounded at its forward end instead of beingprovided with clipped corners, as shown in Fig. l, and instead of beingprovided with one shoe-engaging tongue there has been provided two ofthese tongues. rIhese tongues which are indicated by t-he numeral l()are disposed at opposite sides of the bracket and extend atsubstantially right angles to each other but diagonally of the bracket.The two' tongues have been provided so that the bracket may be appliedto shelving either at the right or left hand side of the store and ashoe supported upon the bracket and have its heel engaged with theproper tongue or prop 10 to' cause it to face in the direction desired.There has thus been provided a bracket which can be very convenientlyused and which will be strong and durable and at the same time of asimple construction.

IIaving thus described the invention, I claim y l. A bracket of thecharacter described comprising a plate of resilient material slit fromits rear end to a point intermediate its length to provide a centertongue and tongues at opposite sides thereof, the center tongueextending in the plane of the other end portion of .said plate and theside tongues being bent downwardly and then rearwardly with therearwardly extending portions disposed at an upward incline for grippingengagement with the under face of a support disposed between the centerand side tongues, and a tongue struck from said plate in front of one ofsaid side tongues and disposedv diagonally thereof with its sides andforward end free from the plate, the last-mentioned tongue being bentupwardly and adapted to engage an article to be supported and supportthe article in a tilted position diagonally of the forward end portionof the plate.

2. A bracket of the character described comprising'a plate of resilientmaterial slit from its rear end to a point intermediate its length toprovide a center tongue and tongues at opposite sides thereof, thecenter tongue extending in the plane of the other end portion of saidplate and the side tongues being bent downwardly and then rearwardlywith the rearwardly extending portions disposed at an upward incline forgripping engagement with the under face of a support disposed betweenthe center and side tongues, a prop extending upwardly from the forwardportionof said plate and disposed adjacent one side of the plate infront of one of said side tongues and diagonally` of the plate andadapted to engage the sole of a shoe in front of the heel thereof andsupport the shoe iny a tilted position ywith itsl toe portion restingupon the plate adjacent the other side thereof. y

3. A display bracket comprising a plate provided at its rear with centerand side tongues extending longitudinally thereof with the side tonguesdisposed out of the plane *of` the center tongue, said tonguesv beingadapted to engage upper and lower faces of a shelf and support the platein projecting relation thereto, and an articlesupporting tongueextending upwardly from said plate vin front of one of said side tonguesadjacent a side of the'plate and in spaced relation to its front end,saidsupporting tongue being disposed diagonally of theplate and adaptedto engage the sole of a shoe in front of the heel and-support the shoein ahtilted position diagonally of the plate with the toe portion of theshoe resting upon the forward end portion of the plate at the oppositeside thereof from the suporting tongue.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

EDWARD J. RosENKRAN'Z. [Le]

